Fares John Biginagwa
Assistant Lecturer
E-mail: faresjbig@gmail.com
Mr. Fares John Biginagwa is an academic member of staff in the Department of Biosciences, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CoNAS) of the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). Biginagwa holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Risk from Roskilde University, Denmark, a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences and Management (ESM) from the Sokoine University of Agriculture, and a Diploma in Education from Morogoro Teachers College. Biginagwa is responsible for teaching Environmental Toxicology as well as Occupational Health and Safety, courses offered to undergraduate students. Together with teaching, Biginagwa is involved in the supervision of research and special projects conducted by undergraduate students. Most of his research is within the areas of waste management and aquatic pollution and, has done a number of studies on the extent and toxicological impacts of macro- and micro-plastics in both, fresh and sea water organisms. Moreover, Biginagwa has been working with various experts and consultant firms on water exploration and quality assessment, where his expertise in water quality is being very well utilized in the interest of public protection against contaminants of health concern. Biginagwa is also working in collaboration with various NGOs and private companies as a consultant in the field of environmental toxicology/ecotoxicology, and public and occupational health issues. Currently, Biginagwa is pursuing his Ph.D. education at the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, SUA. His research is focusing on investigating affordable manure composting technology that will reduce environmental contamination with antimicrobial residues and resistant pathogens, as part of an antimicrobial resistance solution.
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